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Russian Protest Group, Pussy Riot, visits Cornell November 4, 2016Photo: Robert Caplin
By Barbara Esuoso
The Russian feminist punk rock protest group, Pussy Riot, spoke to an over capacity crowd at an event celebrating Punkfest Cornell, a week-long celebration of punk music and its history.
Pussy Riot, a female group based in Moscow, has “staged unauthorized provocative guerrilla performances in unusual public locations across Russia,” said a ...

King Sunny Adé launches first US tour since 2009 July 7, 2016
King Sunny Adé is celebrating his 70th birthday year with a return tour of the US, his first since 2009. The summer tour will include performances from New York City and Boston, through the Midwest and Southwest to the Northwest and California.
Boston Globe interview

Love from NPR: DakhaBrakha plays one of Bob Boilen’s top-10 shows of 2015 January 20, 2016Despite writing a book, NPR’s Bob Boilen managed to see 506 bands take the stage in 2015. Among his top-10 favorites are DakhaBrakha—the only world music band to make his coveted list!
Here’s why, in Bob’s own words:
When I look geographically at the music I love, it tends to be based either on the East Coast, ...

Watch Emel Mathlouthi perform “Kelmti Horra” at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert December 18, 2015 Emel Mathlouthi performs her song “Kelmti Horra” at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. Emel is a firebrand Tunisian singer, songwriter and composer. She gained attention when her song Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free) was adopted by the Arab Spring revolutionaries and soon became an anthem throughout the region, in particular among young people ...